Obituaries

Danny Gabrels

Danny Gabrels, 67, passed away Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 at Habersham Medical Center. Upon his wishes and due to COVID no services will be held. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Whitfield Funeral Homes & Crematory, Demorest.

Norma ‘Jean’ Vickery

Norma ‘Jean’ Vickery, 74, of Demorest, passed away Friday, Oct. 29, 2021. Memorial services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, at the Whitfield Funeral Home, North Chapel. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Whitfield Funeral Homes & Crematory, North Chapel, Demorest.

Anette Wilson Freeman

Anette Wilson Freeman, 67, of Mt. Airy, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later. An online guest registry is available for the Freeman family at HillsideMemorialChapel.com.

Bobby Junior Thompson

Bobby Junior Thompson, 49, of Alto, passed away Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 at his residence following an extended illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later. An online guest registry is available for the Thompson family at HillsideMemorialChapel.com.

Charley ‘Gordon’ Worley

Charley ‘Gordon’ Worley, 79, of Lula, passed away Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced soon. An online guest register is available and may be viewed at mcgaheegriffinandstewart.com.

Faye Chitwood Higgins

Faye Chitwood Higgins, 92, of Cornelia, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22, at Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel. Interment will follow in Baldwin City Cemetery.

Sherry Faye Mullinax-Randall

Sherry Faye Mullinax-Randall, 60, of Cornelia, passed away Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, at Hillside Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow the service in Allen’s United Methodist Church Cemetery.

James L. 'JL' Wright

James L. "JL" Wright, 80, of Cornelia, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. It was his wish to have no service in Georgia, but to be sent back to Maryland for a wake and services at Singleton Funeral Home in Glen Burnie, Maryland.

Wanda Myers Thompson

A time of remembrance for Wanda Myers Thompson, 76, of Alto, was held Thursday, Oct. 21, at Whitfield Funeral Home and Crematory, South Chapel. Mrs. Thompson went to be with the Lord Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Born May 22, 1945, in Alto, she was the daughter of the late John and Izora Myers.

Talford H. Bowen

Private graveside services for Talford H. Bowen, 81, of Demorest, were held at Yonah Memorial Gardens. A celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, at Bethlehem Baptist Church. Mr. Bowen passed away Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. Born Dec. 21, 1939, in Mt.